Bythograeidae
| Bythograeidae | |
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| Austinograea yunohana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Bythograeoidea Williams, 1980 |
| Family: | Bythograeidae Williams, 1980 |
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The Bythograeidae are a small family of crabs which live around hydrothermal vents. The family contains 14 species in six genera.[1][2] Their relationships to other crabs are unclear.[3] They are believed to eat bacteria and other vent organisms.
Species
- Genus Allograea Guinot, Hurtado & Vrijenhoek, 2002
- Allograea tomentosa Guinot, Hurtado & Vrijenhoek, 2002
- Genus Austinograea Hessler & Martin, 1989
- Austinograea alayseae Guinot, 1990
- Austinograea rodriguezensis Tsuchida & Hashimoto, 2002
- Austinograea williamsi Hessler & Martin, 1989
- Genus Bythograea Williams, 1980
- Bythograea galapagensis Guinot & Hurtado, 2003
- Bythograea intermedia Saint Laurent, 1988
- Bythograea laubieri Guinot & Segonzac, 1997
- Bythograea microps Saint Laurent, 1984
- Bythograea thermydron Williams, 1980
- Bythograea vrijenhoeki Guinot & Hurtado, 2003
- Genus Cyanagraea Saint Laurent, 1984
- Cyanagraea praedator Saint Laurent, 1984
- Genus Gandalfus McLay, 2007
- Gandalfus puia McLay, 2007
- Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000)
- Genus Segonzacia Guinot, 1989
- Segonzacia mesatlantica (Williams, 1988)
References
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- ↑ Colin McLay (2007). "New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Zootaxa 1524: 1–22.
- ↑ P. Davie (2010). "Bythograeidae Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ↑ J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132.
